Legal Opinion
Ward v. Rooney-Gandy
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided May 17, 2005No. Docket 250174PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMurphy, J.
Plaintiff appeals as of right the trial court’s order granting summary disposition in favor of defendant pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(7) in this medical malpractice action, in which plaintiffs counsel, through inadvertent clerical error, filed a timely affidavit of merit with the complaint, but which affidavit related to another medical malpractice client of the law firm. A proper affidavit of merit relative to plaintiff had been timely prepared and executed less than a year after the alleged malpractice occurred and well before the complaint was filed. The trial court dismissed the complaint…
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